House of Hope, Diocese of Aliwal North
July 2012,Sr Jane Javangwe from the Diocese of Aliwal Orphan and Vulnerable Children’s project has written on some of the activities of the various sites where children are assisted over the past three months. . “ At St. Martin one…
Tapologo, Rustenburg diocese getting set to receive DOH drugs
Tapologo ARV treatment project in the Diocese of Rustenburg is getting set to receive Department of Health funded drugs for its patients from August 2012. Most of the necessary systems are now in place to receive bulk orders from the…
Polokwane Visit
The SACBC AIDS Office team headed off to Polokwane, where they met the Diocesan AIDS Coordinator, Sr Bernadette Lamola. Sr Bernadette reported that she was having trouble with the Provincial Department of Health, accredited training for caregivers as well as…
Mandela Day: Inkomazi Orphans Help Their Neighbours
– Johan Viljoen The SACBC Aids Office “Houses for Orphans” program has been exceptionally successful in the Inkomazi District of Mpumalanga – more than 15 houses have been built there, for orphan headed households and for elderly grandparents looking after…
SACBC AIDS Office signs agreements with the Departments of Health and Social Development, July 2012
The SABC AIDS Office has signed a long awaited agreement with the national Department of Social Development regarding co-operation at NACCA, the National Action Committee for Children affected by AIDS. The Office has been a member of NACCA since 2001,…
Blankets and tracksuits for winter, July 2012
The SACBC AIDS Office distributed blankets, tracksuits, towels, pillows and socks to 17 100 orphaned and vulnerable children across the country through the orphan and vulnerable children’s projects in the different dioceses during May and June 2012. It was a huge…
Fr Stan Brennan, OFM, St Francis Care Centre, Boksburg, Gauteng
The SACBC AIDS Office and the St Francis Care Centre, Boksburg, Archdiocese of Johannesburg, mourn the death of founder Fr Stan Brennan, OFM, a legend in his lifetime for his outreach to the sick and marginalised people of society. He…
Siyathokoza ART Clinic, Botshabelo, Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
Siyathokoza ART Clinic in Botshabelo , supported by the SACBC AIDS Office PEPFAR treatment grant is an example of collaboration in a public-private partnership. Patients have been on treatment since 2005. The project has good collaboration with the Department of…
Light of Hope, Standerton, Mpumalanga, Diocese of Dundee
On the 26th June, Sibonakaliso Mkhize and Nondumiso Jwara delivered office furniture from Catholic Relief Services to “Light of Hope” in Standerton, Mpumalanga. The furniture, and printer and desktop computer, was received with joy and gratitude by “Light of Hope”…
Holy Cross Home, Pretoria signs new agreement with the SACBC AIDS Office
Theresa Bossert and Sr Alison Munro of the the SACBC AIDS Office visited Holy Cross Home in Suiderberg, Pretoria and signed the new agreement for the final year of the PEPFAR funded treatment programme. The Holy Cross Sisters and their…